1892
Sheffield Wednesday (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Friendly
Rowan(12)
Crowd tbc
This friendly was played in dense fog at the Olive
Grove and press reporters struggled to see any of the
play!
1893 Walsall Town
Swifts (a)
2-1 (2-1)
Division Two
Wallace(1-1,2-1)
Copeland(10)
5,000
Walsall missed a second
half penalty at their West Bromwich Road ground: William
Lowery blocking the initial effort from Joe Lofthouse
who then hit the rebound against the bar.
There was a debut for striker John Law, who signed
for Everton after leaving Glasgow Rangers but never played
for the Toffees, joining
Newcastle instead.
1894 Rotherham Town
(a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division Two
Coupar(7)
2,000
1895 Grimsby Town (a)
1-2 (1-2)
Division Two
Collins(1-0)
Pratt(1-1,1-2)
4,000
Played at Abbey Park.
1896 Grimsby Town (a)
2-3 (1-2)
Division Two
Wardrope(1-0), Stott(2-2)
McCairns(1-1)
Rogers(1-2,2-3)
10,000
There were debuts for Jack Ostler at centre half and Tom Stewart
at right back, while Jimmy Stott was on target for the
Magpies against his former side.
An estimated 1,600 Newcastle followers were present
in a record crowd at
Abbey Park.
1898 Aston Villa (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division Two
Athersmith(1)
25,000
Some 1,700 away supporters were conveyed by special
trains for what was the first league meeting of these
two sides at Villa Park.
1899 Third Lanark
(Scotland) (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Friendly
Peddie(1-1)
Speedie(25)
2,500
Playing down
the slope on a frosty pitch, the visitors enjoyed an
interval lead that former Lanark forward Jock Peddie
cancelled out in the closing ten minutes.
Team:
Kingsley, Snowball, D.Gardner, Carr, Ostler, Aitken,
Rogers, Stevenson, Peddie, MacFarlane, Wardrope.
1900 Woolwich Arsenal
(a)
1-1 (1-1)
Friendly
Niblo(20)
Turner(15)
8,000
24 hours after beating Rangers on Tyneside, United
visited the Manor Ground. Unbelievably, their
hosts were playing their third game in as many days.
Team:
Kingsley, Scott, Burgess, Carr, Aitken, Ghee, Niblo,
MacFarlane, Peddie, Gordon, Fraser.
1901 Derby County (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
Bloomer(9)
20,000
The season of good cheer was interrupted by Steve Bloomer,
who headed home to end Newcastle's five match unbeaten
league run.
1902 Dundee (Scotland)
(h)
1-1 (0-0)
Friendly
Rutherford(1-1)
McDiarmid(0-1)
3,000
Newcastle faced Scottish visitors in an afternoon
kickoff, following a 6-0 victory for United's third team
at home to Whitley Bay in a Northern Combination League
game.
United's Bob Benson played in both games.
Team: Watts,
Rowe, Benson, Montague, McWilliam, McIntyre, Collins,
S.Graham, Ingram, Rutherford, J.Graham.
1903 Sunderland (h)
1-3 (0-2)
Division One
Rutherford(87)
og(Wills)(21), Bridgett(23), Buckle(89),
30,000
The gates were closed 15 minutes before kick-off at
SJP, the game getting underway with stand-in referee
Fred Dennis in control.
The arrival of scheduled referee John Lewis was delayed
by a missed rail connection during his journey from
Blackburn - taking charge just as Tom Wills slipped and
put the ball in his own net.
"United outplayed" was the Daily Chronicle
headline.
1905 Manchester City
(a)
4-1 (3-1)
Division One
Veitch(6pen), Gosnell(30), McClarence(44), J.Rutherford(75)
Burgess(11)
35,000
What the
Manchester Evening News termed "an invasion from
Newcastle" travelled by rail to attend the game at Hyde
Road - although it was in some doubt, until the mists cleared.
1906 Stoke (a)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
Howie(23), Speedie(48)
Arrowsmith(10)
9,000
This game went
ahead after a foot of snow was cleared from the Victoria
Ground pitch.
The Staffordshire Sentinel, noted "a large contingent from Tyneside,
whose presence on the stands was made known by
consistent rattling and cheering."
1907 Sheffield United
(h)
2-3 (1-1)
Division One
Howie(13), Appleyard(2-1)
Benson(33pen), Hardinge(2-2), Levick(86)
32,500
Newcastle lost only
their second home game of the season; two old boys on target: Bob Benson equalising from a penalty
before Harold Hardinge levelled in the second
half.
The Magpies made four changes from the side that had
drawn 2-2 at Woolwich Arsenal on Christmas Day,
including a debut for John McCormack at centre half.
1908 Manchester United
(a)
0-1 (0-1)
Division One
Halse(10pen)
40,000
The Cricket & Football Field testified to the fact
that there was "a goodly sprinkling" of
travelling supporters at the Clayton Ground.
However they had little to cheer, Bill McCracken falling
heavily on the hard ground and limping off
before Peter McWilliam upended Bill Meredith in the area
and Harold Halse obliged from the penalty spot.
1910 Everton (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
Shepherd(37)
40,000
United played the entire second half with just ten
men, after left winger Andrew Anderson was unable to
continue due to injury.
1911 Sheffield United
(h)
2-2 (1-1)
Division One
Rutherford(20) Hibbert(90)
Evans(1-1), Gillespie(46)
40,000
Returning by train at 3.30am after their 4-2 win at
Oldham Athletic on Christmas Day, Newcastle lined up
unchanged.
Falling behind after just ten seconds of the second half
and then reduced to ten
men by the loss of Tony Whitson to injury, Billy Hibbert scrambled the ball
in with almost the last kick to gain a point.
1912 Liverpool (a)
1-2 (0-2)
Division One
G.Wilson(60)
Miller(15,30)
35,000
Newcastle's disastrous December continued, with a
fourth defeat in just 12 days, despite making six
changes to their lineup including a debut for right back Dick Little.
1913 Bradford City (a)
0-2 (0-2)
Division One
Fox(6), Storer(16)
18,000
Following a 0-0 draw on Tyneside 24 hours earlier,
the Bantams were good value for their victory at Valley
Parade.
United ended a man short when Colin Veitch injured his
back. He returned north on a stretcher and was taken to
a private nursing home for treatment.
It's reported that a football special train ran to
Bradford, but had just 60 passengers when it departed
from Newcastle.
1914 Sunderland (a)
4-2 (2-2)
Division One
Hudspeth(5), Higgins(16), Hibbert(75,78)
Mordue(10), Buchan(20)
20,000
1919 Burnley (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
45,000
1921 Liverpool (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
Chambers(85)
45,000
1922 Middlesbrough (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
Woods(17)
Pender(35)
30,000
24 hours after a 1-1 draw at SJP, the two teams
repeated the score at Ayresome Park.
1922 The respective reserve sides drew 2-2 at
Gallowgate in the North Eastern League, Newcastle
missing a penalty through Peter Mooney in the very first
minute.
Alf Hagan did put United ahead only for the Teessiders
to reply twice, Mooney then levelling in the final
minute to claim a point.
1923 Liverpool (h)
2-1 (1-0)
Division One
McDonald(21,26)
Keetley(83)
23,000
After a 1-0 win at Anfield
on Christmas Day,
United completed a double over the Reds thanks to Tom
McDonald's first half brace.
However this home victory was initially in doubt, swirling fog enveloping the ground
and leading to fears of an abandonment.
1924 Everton (h)
1-1 (0-1)
Division One
Seymour(65)
Broad(37)
25,000
24 hours after
winning 1-0 at Goodison Park, an unchanged Newcastle side
dominated, but could only find the net through Stan Seymour.
1925 Liverpool (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Division One
Clark(19), Urwin(79), Gallacher(87)
50,000
The Magpies recovered from a 3-6 defeat at Anfield
24 hours earlier.
1927 Middlesbrough (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Division One
Gallacher(20)
Pease(60)
37,478
A much-changed Magpies side to the one beaten 2-5 at
West Ham on Christmas eve were full value for their
point on a snow-covered pitch at Ayresome Park.
1928 West Ham United
(h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
McCurley(13)
43,000
Only the efforts of West Ham's England international
goalkeeper Ted Hufton saved his side from a far heavier
defeat at SJP.
The Hammers had won the first meeting of the two sides
1-0 at Upton Park on Christmas Day.
1929 Middlesbrough (a)
2-2 (0-1)
Division One
Scott(1-1), Hutchison(86)
Bruce(23pen),
Camsell(1-2)
40,538
3-2 victors over the Teessiders on Tyneside 24 hours
earlier, United twice pegged Boro back on their own
ground to take a point - Duncan Hutchison making one and netting the other.
1930 Huddersfield Town
(a)
3-0 (3-0)
Division One
Boyd(25,34), Starling(29)
20,000
Magpies goalkeeper Albert McInroy kept his side in
the the game for the opening 25 minutes, making a
succession of noteworthy stops.
The visitors then found the net on no fewer than three
occasions in just 10 minutes, demolishing Huddersfield's
season-long unbeaten run at Leeds Road.
Town's off-day was then completed by McInroy's second
half penalty save from Joe Robson.
1931 Huddersfield Town
(a)
2-1 (2-0)
Division One
og(Young)(13), Allen(23)
R.Kelly(54)
25,424
Newcastle
became the first side to win at Leeds Road that season
for the second time running.
One home fan took exception to that and staged a one man
pitch invasion to verbally abuse the visiting players.
Removed by the police, he fell while being ejected from
the ground and broke his arm.
1932 Birmingham (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
J.R.Richardson(15), Boyd(49)
Curtis(27)
43,000
The visitors levelled when Ernie Curtis netted
direct from a corner, but Jimmy Boyd's goal ensured that
Birmingham lost for the first time in four visits to
Tyneside.
1933 Everton (a)
7-3 (4-1)
Division One
Williams(7,52,86), Boyd(12), Weaver(14pen),
Lang(43), J.R.Richardson(53)
White(17pen,48),
Critchley(51)
39,109
24 hours after
losing 1-2 at home to the Toffees, revenge came in
abundance at Goodison Park, with three goals in seven
minutes giving United a commanding lead.
Everton clawed their way back to 3-4 early in the
second half before United found a way back through
the fog, beating 'keeper Ted Sagar twice more in quick
succession.
1934 Hull City (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Division Two
Pearson(43)
Hutchison(68pen)
21,788
Former Magpie forward Duncan Hutchison was on target
for the home side at Anlaby Road.
1935 Bradford City (h)
3-2 (1-0)
Division Two
J.Smith(27), McMenemy(51),
Weaver(52)
Peel(50), Bartholomew(53)
14,662
City's Ryton-born goalkeeper Wilson Parker was
stretchered off after 75 minutes, inside forward Harry
Peel going in goal.
Parker ended up in a Tyneside nursing home with
concussion.
1936 Barnsley (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
Hine(68)
22,760
The Tykes signed goalkeeper Cliff Binns on the morning of this game and he
debuted against Newcastle.
1941 Sheffield Wednesday (h)
2-4 (1-2)
Wartime
Stubbins 2(1pen)
scorers tbc
10,000
1942 Middlesbrough (h)
3-2 (0-0)
Wartime
og(Dawson)
(1-0), Short(2-0), Woollett(3-0)
Stobbart(3-1),
Wilson(3-2)
13,300
1944 Sunderland (h)
3-1 (2-0)
Wartime
Stubbins(15,85), Wayman(35)
Whitelum(50)
40,311
1945 Manchester City (h)
1-1 (0-0)
Wartime
Milburn(77)
Constantine(55)
54,000
It finished honours even at a fogbound SJP,
although those present were lucky if they saw half of the play.
1946 West Bromwich Albion (a)
2-3 (0-2)
Division Two
Wayman(58,62)
Walsh(8,62), Clarke(23)
31,794
1947 West Bromwich Albion (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division Two
og(Millard)(70)
48,322
1949 Middlesbrough (h)
0-1 (0-1)
Division One
McCrae
61,184
1950 A frozen Gallowgate pitch saw the Division One
meeting with Middlesbrough postponed.
Boro at the time were top of the league and had beaten
Newcastle 2-1 at Ayresome Park on Christmas Day.
1951 Sunderland (h)
2-2 (0-1)
Division One
Milburn(46pen,69)
Bingham(41), Ford(51)
63,665
1953
Middlesbrough (h)
2-3 (0-0)
Division One
Broadis(60), Mitchell(87)
Delapenha(51), O'Connell(69),
Lawrie(1-3)
43,750
The missing Jackie Milburn was replaced by Alex
Gaskell, who never got another chance.
1953 The Reserves' trip to
Anfield was postponed.
1955
Sunderland (a)
6-1 (4-0)
Division One
Keeble(2,28), Milburn(14,67), Curry(18,81)
Fleming(48)
55,723
Our biggest ever victory over the wearsiders. We were
3-0 up after just 18 minutes and added another before
half-time. It could have been more but Bobby Mitchell was
a passenger for the second half in the days before subs.
1956 West Bromwich
Albion (h)
5-2 (4-2)
Division One
Casey (4pen), Davies(2,9), Scoular(40), Punton(58)
Williams(15), Kevan(16)
20,319
1957 Nottingham Forest (a)
3-2 (3-1)
Division One
R.Mitchell(5), Casey(14), White(30)
Baily(39), Wilson(49)
32,359
The Magpies gained revenge on the banks of the Trent
for a 1-4 home defeat by Forest just 24 hours earlier.
1958
Nottingham Forest (h) 1-3 (1-1)
Division One
Curry(2)
Dwight(10), Imlach(63),
Wilson(65)
49,447
United manager Charlie Mitten was so incensed by the
deplorable refereeing he witnessed that he wrote to the
Football League demanding the appointment of professional
officials.
1959 Chelsea (a)
2-2 (0-2)
Division One
White(55), Allchurch(84)
Greaves(35,40)
48,462 |
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1960 Birmingham City (a) 1-2 (0-1)
Division One
Woods(63)
Bloomfield(38), Hellawell(55)
29,435
United finished a man short after Bill
Thompson was dismissed. |
1961 Middlesbrough
(h) 3-4 (1-2)
Division Two
Tuohy(22), Allchurch(50), McGuigan(83)
Peacock(13), Harris(21,73,77)
21,038 |
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1962 Newcastle's
game at Charlton Athletic was postponed due to
heavy snow. |
1963
Huddersfield Town (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Division Two
Thomas(13), Hilley(74)
37,898
The visitors ended the game a man short, after Kevin Lewis was dismissed in
the 52nd minute for assaulting Newcastle's Alan Suddick.
The Town man narrowly avoided a snowball thrown at him from the crowd as he made
his way off down the player's tunnel.
1964
Middlesbrough (a) 2-0 (2-0)
Division Two
Hilley(20), og(Nurse)(26)
38,194
Trailing to a Dave Hilley tap-in, Boro's Mel Nurse
turned home a Stan Anderson cross from close range to
seal Newcastle's first league victory at Ayresome Park
since 1953.
1966 Leeds United (a) 0-5 (0-2)
Division One
Cooper(8), Lorimer(45,75),
Storrie(68), Charlton(83)
40,680 |
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1967 sunderland (h) 2-1 (1-1)
Division One
Davies(23), Bennett(70)
Suggett(27)
59,579 |
1968 Leeds United (a) 1-2 (0-2)
Division One
McNamee(89)
Madeley(30), Lorimer(45pen)
44,995
|
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1969 Leeds United (h) 2-1 (2-0)
Division One
Davies(10), Robson(36)
Giles(64)
54,517 |
1970
Leeds United (a)
0-3 (0-1)
Division One
46,758
Giles(40,85pens),Clarke(70)
Plenty of exercise for
goalkeeper Martin Burleigh on his
full debut, replacing injured Iam McFaul at Elland
Road.
Frank Clark gave away two
penalties, both of which were converted by Johnny Giles.
Allan Clarke scored the other goal in between.
1972 Leeds United (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
Jordan(46)
45,486
More Magpie penalty misery at Leeds; David Craig penalised for a tackle on Trevor Cherry in the
opening minute of the second half.
Iam McFaul denied Johnny Giles only for the referee to
rule that he'd moved too early. Giles blasted his retake
against the underside of the crossbar, only for Joe Jordan to head home.
1973 Leeds United (h) 0-1(0-1)
Division One
Madeley(30)
55,638
League leaders Leeds made it 22 games without defeat
from the start of the season, while Newcastle slipped to their fourth successive
league loss.
A Paul Madeley goal would be the difference between the two sides on a day when
overcrowding not hooliganism caused six fans to be hospitalised due to crushing.
1974 Carlisle United (a) 2-1 (1-0)
Division One
Tudor(28), Macdonald(90)
Owen(77)
20,605
Malcolm Macdonald's winner came after he beat three
opponents in added time and fired past Alan Ross. There were debuts for Tommy Craig and Geoff Nulty
at Brunton Park.
1975 Burnley (a)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
T.Craig(88pen)
22,458
More bad luck for John Tudor, who lasted
just two minutes of his comeback match before breaking down again.
On a previous visit to Turf Moor, he was struck by a brick
hurled at the Newcastle team bus.
1977
Manchester City (a)
0-4 (0-0)
Division One
Kidd(58),
Tueart(70,77,84)
45,811
The home side were frustrated for 45 minutes by
Newcastle, but the half time arrival of Colin Bell was
crucial, inspiring both City and the Maine Road crowd.
There was briefest of debuts for Martin Gorry, who came off
the bench to replace John Blackley. That proved to be his
sole competitive senior outing for United.
1978 Sheffield United (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
Garner(84)
23,118
Seeking a fourth successive win, Newcastle were backed by 6,000
travelling fans at Bramall Lane - but left empty-handed after Paul
Garner forced a rebounded shot into the visitor's net.
Goalkeeper Steve Hardwick was booked in the tunnel following the
full time whistle for his protests over the validity of the goal.
1979 Burnley (a)
2-3 (1-1)
Division Two
Barton(39), Shoulder(89)
Hamilton(35), Smith(47), Dobson(74pen)
16,433
Having conceded two penalties in a 1-3 defeat at Notts County
three days earlier, there was more spot kick misery for Newcastle at
Turf Moor - defeating see them drop from top to third in the table.
1980
Grimsby Town (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Division Two
17,623
A second successive scoreless draw for a United side
backed by 6,000 fans at Blundell Park.
Debutant striker Mick Harford came the closest to breaking the
deadlock for Newcastle, hitting the bar with a header.
1981
United's scheduled Second Division game against Leicester City was
postponed, due to heavy snow.
The
Filbert Street balloon should have kept the playing surface free of snow but it
hadn't done its job properly.
1983
Blackburn Rovers (h) 1-1 (0-1)
Division Two
Waddle(59)
Barker(30)
33,622
Debut for Glenn Roeder, who signed for United when the
other Magpies, Notts County, failed to raise the £150,000
transfer fee to make his loan move permanent, despite a
supporters' appeal.
Future United coaching duo Terry Gennoe and
Derek Fazackerley were in the Rovers side, who opened the
scoring through 19 year old debutant Simon Barker.
1984 West Bromwich Albion (a)
1-2 (0-1)
Division One
Baird(46)
Hunt(41), Thompson(88)
20,248
Newcastle's losing away run was extended to four
games after this defeat at The Hawthorns.
On-loan striker Ian Baird scored his first goal and
looked to have won a point for Jack Charlton's side,
until Garry Thompson's late winner.
1985 Sheffield
Wednesday (a) 2-2 (0-1)
Division One
Roeder(52) Beardsley(73),
Marwood(42), Thompson(78)
30,269
Trailing to a
long-range strike from Brian Marwood, United levelled when Martin Hodge blocked Peter
Beardsley's shot only for Glenn Roeder to slam in the
rebound at the Leppings Lane End.
Beardsley's sharpness then saw him elude the home defence
to slot home, only for The Owls to take a point when a
corner was nodded on at the near post for an unmarked
Garry Thompson to volley past Martin Thomas.
Youtube
footage is online here
1986
Everton (h)
0-4 (0-1)
Division One
Power(23), Steven(54,49),
Heath(84)
35,079
Having sat in 15th place before dropping to
17th after a 0-2 loss at Sheffield Wednesday, this
home drubbing left the Magpies down in 20th - just
points clear of bottom placed Chelsea.
There was a debut for Jeff Wrightson,
deputising in midfield for David McCreery.
Youtube
footage is online here
1987 Manchester
United (h)
1-0 (1-0)
Division One
Roeder(44)
26,461
A happy Christmas on Tyneside thanks to Glenn
Roeder's first goal of the season - a visiting
defence including Steve Bruce failing to keep him
out.
Youtube
footage is online here
1988
Sheffield Wednesday (a) 2-1 (2-1)
Division One
McDonald(10), O'Neill(39)
Hirst(3)
25,573
Injury to John Anderson and the poor form of Brian
Tinnion saw debuts for veteran full back duo Ray Ranson and Kenny
Sansom, following their arrivals from Birmingham City and
QPR respectively.
Youtube footage is online here
1989 Stoke City (a)
1-2 (1-0)
Division Two
Scott(60)
Biggins(78), Beeston(90)
14,878
Ahead early on at the Victoria Ground through Kevin
Scott, United contrived to lose after Wayne Biggins
levelled and Carl Beeston snatched a winner in added time.
1990 Swindon Town (h)
1-1 (1-1)
Division Two
Quinn(35)
Gittens(11)
17,003
Mick Quinn's eleventh goal of the season rescued a point
after centre half Jon Gittens had put the visitors ahead.
1991 Middlesbrough (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division Two
Wilkinson(54)
26,563
A tight Tyne-Tees contest was decided when Paul
Wilkinson seized upon a loose ball in the centre circle
and ran half the length of the field before beating Tommy
Wright.
Youtube
footage is online here
1992
Wolves (h)
2-1 (1-1)
Division One
Kelly(43,66)
Cook(33)
30,137
An inspirational performance from David Kelly,
including a tremendous volley, which no doubt influenced
Wolves to pay £750,000 for him the following summer.
Youtube footage is online
here
1994 Leeds United (a)
0-0 (0-0)
Premier League
39,337
A second successive scoreless draw on our travels, following a similar
result at Coventry City. However the point was enough to retain third spot in
the table.
1996
Blackburn Rovers (a) 0-1 (0-0)
Premier League
Gallacher(75)
30,398
Some regard this defeat at the hands of future Magpie
Kevin Gallacher as the end of the first Kevin Keegan managerial era.
KK lingered on for another week and a bit (including the 7-1
thrashing of Spurs) but his decision to abdicate had already
been made.
1997 Derby County (a)
0-1 (0-1)
Premier League
Eranio(4pen)
Batty
30,232
Des Hamilton's hack on Dean Sturridge saw an early spot kick award for the
Rams and Stefano Eranio sent Shaka Hislop the wrong way to win the
game.
United ended the game a man short, following the 67th minute dismissal of David
Batty for his second yellow card of the game.
1998 Leeds United (h)
0-3
(0-1)
Premiership
Kewell(38),
Bowyer(62), Hasselbaink(90)
36,783
Centre half Jonathan Woodgate
had a fine game for the visitors, as Duncan Ferguson and
Alan Shearer were paired for the first time by Ruud
Gullit.
Harry Kewell was in unstoppable form and given a standing
ovation from all sides of SJP when subbed in the final
minute of the game.
NUFC.com match report
1999 Liverpool (h)
2-2 (1-1)
Premiership
Shearer(12), Ferguson(67)
Owen(51,52)
36,445
Former heroes Kevin Keegan and Philippe Albert were at
SJP to see an early Nolberto Solano free kick scrape
across Alan Shearer's head en route to the back of the Leazes
End net.
After two ricks in as many minutes from Pistone and
Dabizas were punished by future Magpie Michael Owen, Duncan Ferguson
rescued a point when he
converted
Warren Barton's centre.
NUFC.com match report
2000 Leeds United (h)
2-1
(2-1)
Premiership
Solano(41), Acuna(44)
Dacourt(10)
52,118
Nolberto Solano reached a century
of games for United with his thirteenth toon goal.
Clarence Acuna then won it with a header, becoming the first Chilean to score for the club since George Robledo 47 years earlier
NUFC.com match report
2001
Middlesbrough (h)
3-0 (1-0)
Premiership
Shearer(29), Speed(58), Bernard(83)
52,127
A scruffy goal from Alan Shearer and a deflected header from
Gary Speed won it before a fine finish from Olivier Bernard
rounded off a memorable day.
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2002
Bolton Wanderers (a) 3-4
(1-3)
Premiership
Shearer(8,78), Ameobi(72)
Okocha(5),
Gardner(9), Ricketts(45,63)
52,127
United never really stood a chance in a bizarre
game despite getting within sight of the Trotters
still with 12 minutes remaining.
A combination of Mag-hating referee Uriah
Rennie and poor defending left us 4-1 down but the fight
back eluded us as Alan Shearer hit his
350th goal career goal but also received a fifth yellow
card to pick up a suspension.
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2003
Leicester City (a)
1-1 (0-0)
Premiership
Ambrose(90)
Dickov(67)
32,148
United's Walker's stadium debut looked to be
yet another fruitless Boxing Day outing until
newly-arrived substitute Darren Ambrose headed in his first
Magpies goal.
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2004
Blackburn Rovers (a) 2-2 (2-1)
Premiership
Dyer(6), Robert(38)
Dickov(25), Todd(54)
29,271
Different team, same result as
Paul Dickov found the net again 12 months on - and for a
fourth consecutive game United were unable to turn their lead into a
victory.
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2005
Liverpool (a)
0-2 (0-2)
Premiership
Bowyer(66)
Gerrard(14),
Crouch(43)
44,197
Newcastle conceded two goals on their travels for the
second time in a week, but unlike the successful trip to
West Ham, there was no yuletide cheer in attack, as they drew a blank.
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2006
Bolton Wanderers (a) 1-2 (1-1)
Premiership
Dyer(8)
og(Ramage)(32), Anelka(57)
26,437
Leading through Kieron Dyer's third goal of the
season, a shove in the back by future Magpie Kevin Nolan
on Peter Ramage was missed by Howard Webb, giving Pavel
Srnicek no chance on his first United start since 1997.
David
Edgar's senior debut completed an ex-Academy
back four, alongside Ramage, Paul Huntington and Steven
Taylor.
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2007
Wigan Athletic (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Premier League
Taylor(65)
20,304
"We're sh*t - and we're sick of it!" - the verdict of 5,500 Newcastle fans who made
another wasted journey to watch their side serve up tripe that passed for a performance at the JJB Stadium.
In twelve days United had won one, lost
one and drawn one of three games against struggling sides
- serving up 270-odd minutes of tepid, uninspired football fooling nobody.
For the second season running here, the winning goal
came from a Ryan Taylor free kick that whistled past
Shay Given.
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2008
Wigan Athletic (a)
1-2 (0-1)
Premier League
Guthrie(88pen)
Taylor(29), Murphy(73pen)
20,266
United left the JJB Stadium
having netted there for the first time in five visits,
but other than that this was instantly forgettable.
Steve Bruce's Latics went ahead yet again through Ryan Taylor
- beating Shay Given as he had at SJP barely a month
before.
Not for the first time though, local referee Mike Dean
took centre stage with a series of grossly unfair
decisions against Newcastle.
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2009 Sheffield Wednesday (a)
2-2 (2-1)
Championship
Nolan(19), Ameobi(22)
Varney(14), O'Connor(59)
30,030
Newcastle extended their unbeaten run to ten games at Hillsborough but were held by the Owls - quite literally, in the case
of goalkeeper Steve Harper, who was manhandled for Wednesday's
equaliser.
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2010 Manchester City (h)
1-3 (0-2)
Premier League
Carroll(72)
Barry(2),
Tevez(5), og(Coloccini)(81)
51,635
Hopes that a return to
home soil might inspire United to a first Boxing Day success in nine
years ended within 90 seconds.
Tim Krul was at fault for the first and when some poor play from Cheick Tiote
and Kevin Nolan set up City's second, a miserable afternoon beckoned.
United
did respond
when Andy
Carroll headed home a Joey Barton corner, but City's win
was sealed when a Carlos Tevez shot deflected
in via Danny Simpson and Fabricio Coloccini.
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2011
Bolton Wanderers (a) 2-0 (0-0)
Premier League
Ben Arfa(69), Ba(71)
26,080
Hatem Ben Arfa and Demba Ba blasted away our Boxing Day blues at the Reebok Stadium, as United halted a run of six Premier League games without a victory.
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2012
Manchester United (a) 3-4 (2-1)
Premier League
Perch(4), og(Evans)(28), Cisse(68)
Evans(25), Evra(58), Van Persie(71),
Hernandez(90)
75,596
Despite
taking the lead three times and seeing James Perch break his scoring
duck for the club, Newcastle left Old Trafford on the end of yet another defeat.
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2013
Stoke City (h)
5-1 (1-1)
Remy(44), Gouffran(48), Remy(56), Cabaye(66), Cisse(80pen)
Assaidi(29)
Whelan(40), Wilson(43)
51,665
2015
Everton (h)
2016
Sheffield Wednesday (h) 0-1 (0-0)
2018
Liverpool (a) 
2022 Leicester City (a)
